Zunar arrested under sedition, upcoming book seized
By Syed Jaymal Zahiid, Free Malaysia Today
UPDATED KUALA LUMPUR: Police have raided the Cartoon Kafe, owned by prominent opposition political cartoonist Zunar, and seized more than 60 of his upcoming “Cartoon-O-Phobia” book scheduled to be launched tonight.
“I can’t talk right now. They are about to arrest me,” he told FMT before abruptly putting down the phone.
His lawyers later confirmed that he has been arrested under Sedition Act.
It is learnt that the premises was raided by 10 police officers led by ASP Ari Krishna from the Brickfields police station and Zunar was taken to the Petaling Jaya police district headquarters.
His office insisted that his new publication will be released tonight as planned.
A sharper offering
Talking to FMT earlier this week, Zunar, whose full name is Zulkiflee SM Anwar Ulhaq, said his latest offering would be “sharper” than his previous works.
It will cover issues such as the Altantuya murder, conspiracy against Anwar, the prime minister’s wife, the loss of jet engines, the Scorpene submarine that cannot dive, Sarawak, racism, corruption, waste of public funds and others, he had added.
“Will my latest book get banned by the government as well? This has never crossed my mind when I was working on it and I strongly believe Cartoon-O-Phobia has its own strength and will meet the readers’ needs,” he said in that interview.
Cartoon-O-Phobia features a collection of his cartoons, which appeared in the Malaysiakini news portal from December 2009 to September 2010.
